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Re:Binary Wordle by tylerchr on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @03:58AM (#44178268)
My wife took one look at this and said “It’s not Wordle if it’s all binary—it’s Digitle.”
Re:Binary Wordle by HPsquared on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @07:13AM (#44179439)
Reminds me of the idea of analogue cheese - fake cheese. It's analogue cheese until you get some on your fingers, when it becomes digital cheese.
Re:Binary Wordle by layer8 on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @08:59AM (#44180280)
Re:Binary Wordle by selcuka on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @09:26AM (#44180503)
5 bits would be a weird size for a word.
Re:Binary Wordle by layer8 on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @09:55AM (#44180782)
I don’t think the parent’s argument would change if he had made an 8-bit Wordle.
Re:Binary Wordle by flysand7 on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:14PM (#44184991)
Knuth's "Art of Programming" had a hypothetical machine with 5-bit words.
Re:Binary Wordle by badc0ffee on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @04:44PM (#44185312)
Baudotle
Re:Binary Wordle by gowld on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @03:07PM (#44184330)
It's not Wordle because because it's only 5 bits. There are no remotely common 5-bit word systems.

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